Japan formally mentioned the NATO target of 2% in its government policy guidelines formulated in June 2022, as well as in its August 2022 defense white paper.

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday renewed his pledge to uphold Japan's three principles of not possessing, producing ...

Japan's new leader has proposed Nato -like nuclear sharing with the United States, a move analysts say would stoke tensions in the region and see China "sharpening its strategies".

Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two years, bu ...

Chinese defence ministry says Japan should have a deep understanding that nuclear war must not be fought, and can never be ...

A White House official has said President Donald Trump is open to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attending, but ...

Against this backdrop, the idea of a NATO-style alliance in the Indo-Pacific has gained traction. US Assistant Secretary of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has cancelled plans to attend the NATO summit in the Hague this week, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, scrapping his June ...

The renewed transatlantic cooperation on Ukraine comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with Moscow's ...